Keeping the Faith | 
| Actors: Blythe Auffarth, Anne Bancroft, Stuart Blumberg, Catherine Lloyd Burns, Lisa Edelstein
Studio: Touchstone / Disney
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.99
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Rating:  156 reviews
Sales Rank: 6992
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 128 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D20769D
ISBN: 0788824147
UPC: 717951010582
EAN: 9780788824142
ASIN: B00003CXHG
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: October 17, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
STILLER AND NORTON ARE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS WHO GROW UP ON DIFFERENT ENDS OF THE RELIGIOUS SPECTRUM, ONE IS A RABBI AND ONE IS A PRIEST. BUT WHEN A GORGEOUS EX-TOMBOY RE-ENTERS THEIR LIVES, ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE.
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Keeping the Faith, Edward Norton's directorial debut, centers on Jake (Ben Stiller) and Brian (Norton), a rabbi and a priest who've been best friends since childhood. Both find their callings and grow into strong spiritual leaders for their community. The clever and occasionally slapstick comedy as Jake and Ben find their places in the religious community is precisely timed, and the film begins with a bang. Yet when childhood friend Anna (Jenna Elfman)--the perfect woman, a cross between "Jonny Quest and Tatum O'Neal"--finds them after all these years, both men fall for the stunning woman who is married to her career and her vibrating cell phone. But what starts as the making of a great joke (of course, the priest is sworn to celibacy and there's not much of a market for a rabbi married to a gentile) turns into a somewhat mawkish romance with mixed messages about the meaning of faith and the power of love. When Anna and Jake secretly begin a tryst, "just for fun," they of course fall in love, which is where the movie begins to unravel, as Anna is oblivious to the turmoil Jake might be feeling in having to choose between his faith and her. Jake turns into a total schmuck, Brian into a drunken idiot, and every secondary character becomes a cliched stereotype, right down to the yentas in the synagogue and the kindly mentor (director Milos Forman) who guides Brian. However, despite the muck, Norton is surprisingly sympathetic and Elfman is an adorable heroine who helps bring some shining, fun moments to a mediocre film. --Jenny Brown
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| Customer Reviews: Read 151 more reviews...
 review May 14, 2009
Carolyn C. Alexander (Lawrenceville, GA USA)
received in new condition in timely manner as promised - I would buy from this vendor again.
 Not the best, but... April 17, 2009
G. Nowarah (NC)
This isn't the best of what I have seen from these actors or actresses, but overall not a bad movie.
Keeping the faith February 8, 2009
Joyce L. Link (St. Louis, MO)
I am not a Ben Stiller fan. The entire story seemed to have been wrapped around him. I did like Edward and Jenna very much and the story was put together well.
3 stars out of 4 January 1, 2009
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
The Bottom Line:
Far too long, with many uneven patches, Keeping the Faith is a pleasing enough romantic comedy but not an especially good or memorable one.
Wit, hilarity, and romance meet December 7, 2008
Jennifer M.L. Forrest
I'm a little slow to view this movie, but even 8 years after its release, it was one of the funnier movies I've seen in the past 8 years. It was witty, sweet, pensive, and all around 5 stars. The plot, lines, and acting were top notch. I am a fan of this movie and recommend it to anyone who wants to laugh, cry, think, and feel. The story of Jake the Rabbi (Ben Stiller) and Brian the Priest (Edward Norton) as they reunite with their childhood friend Anna (Jenna Elfman), the workaholic, is a perfect combination of faith-promoting anecdotes, new love antics, and lines that will keep your head rolling with laughter.
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